Sukhothai Coffee Stand (Wednesday Photo)

Michael Babcock, October 14th, 2009

Kasma Loha-unchit at Thai Coffee Stand

Sukhothai Coffee Stand

Over the past several years, coffee stands such as this one have become fairly common throughout Thailand; at least in the areas where Kasma takes her small-group tours to Thailand. You’ll find them an many gas stations, in markets, on sidewalks or, as with this stand in Suhkothai, by the side of the read.

The coffee is usually quite good. Typically, each cup is ground and brewed to order. Many of the stands have a type of coffee that is called “Blue Mountain” – it does not refer to the Jamaican bean, rather it refers to a way of roasting the bean and it is really quite good.